The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-07


Warehouses.
GEORGIA
The arms for the Sylvania Rifles arrived
last Monday.
E. NJ Wash &, Co., of Columbus, have
purchased site for an ice factory at Griffin
and will begin work at once.
The steamer Laurens ran up to Dublin
last Friday and made its first trip since ii
was raised from the bottom of the Oconee
on the next day to point about twenty
miles down stream and back.
Mrs. Elan Deracken, of Senoia, recently
picked a cabbage containing seven well de-
veloped distinct heads The most remark
able part about the cabbage was that every
head was growing inside OF large one and
each head was separate.
There is brand of cigars called Ever
Faithful A large dog is Autographed on
the cover, on his neck the above words are
printed In the negro cemetery at Monte
yuma one of the labels is pasted ON the
head-board of e grave.
little fellow living in Waycross, be-
tween and years of age, was asked what
his kitty did IN a fight between her and a
dog. We'll, said he ''sho jumped up her
back as high as she could sho made her tail
as big as she could and then she blew her
nose in his face"
bolt of lightning that struck the residence
of Mr. Mayo at Americas Tuesday night
was the lifting of chimney from lighted
lamp, extinguishing the flame and setting
the chimney down in an upright position
upon the table without breaking it.
A fine young mule was killed on the Nun
roe place, where T. c. Aycock lives, a few
miles south OF Cuthbert, on Thursday of
last week, while attempting to jump a
picket fence. 1t failed to jump high enough
10 clear the fence and came down upon it,
two picketS piercing clear through its body,
killing it almost instantly.
1t is astonishing how many hea :. of stock
q half acre Sanu ridge viii accommodate
during "a freshet. There was one ON Ogle-
trees place, in Crawford, the only dry land
within long stretch of swamp 1t was re-
ported that on this half acre l05 head of
cattle, about fifty heads of goats and as
many hogs had congregated to escape
drowning.
One of the stack chimneys of W. p. Ed
mondsons residence at LaGrange came
down like a thousand of bricks on Sunday
afternoon. For time CONSERVATION regned
supreme in the household. Happily no one
was hurt. Bricks rolled ON the roof, the
plastering and the floor. The accident was
probably caused by a leak, the water loosen
ing the cement.
groes in the employ of David Bragg, in the
upper part of Scriven county, became in
volved in quarrel. Finally their hus-
bands took the matter in hand and con
cluded to fight it out. During the melee one
drew his pistol and fired upon his antago-
mist, intiicting painful wound in his arm.
The priso',,rS confined in the Jail. at
Buena Vistn ..dc their escape night or
two since by of'ng "A hole through the floor
of the building, through which they passed
out to the street beyond. There were some
five or six prisoners confined in the Jail and
on their departure they left a note addressed
TO the jailer, saying that ''the job of boring
out was tough one. but their liberty was
well worth the trouble
l.. r. Bridges, of the firm of Bridges q
Land, of Cuthbert, lost fine mule In a sin.
gular manner few days ago. He had
loaned the mule to friend to drive to
Thomas county When he had reached his
destination and the mule was turned loose
IL a lot, as all mules will do, this one laid
down and wallowed. In attempting to get
up, by some ACKNOWLEDGMENT, its back
was broken and it died in a short time.
Mrs. Shadrick Dukes, of Washington
county, has clothes brush which her grand
mother presented to her son, Mrs Dukes
father. The brush was brought from Ire
land by the grandmother ninety years ago,
and Is probably considerably over one hun
dred years old 1t is in an excellent state of
preservation, in fact, good for another gem
Grafton or more. 1t is better now than
many new brushes. Mr.. Dukes has another
curiosity in the shape of gourd four feet
h length.
On Wednesday Of last week Amos Will
hams, negro, living on the Gibbons place
on Savannah river, i'll Scriven county, be-
came angry with his wife and struck her on
top of the head with a chair leg in which
was a piece of the round, and the piece
of round fractured the skull and entered
the brain. He then went for DIR. Bowie,
who on arriving found the brain oozing cut
of the wound and the woman in an uncon-
scious state, from which she had not recoy
cred up to last accounts.
Much has recently been said about an
alleged attempt of the warehousemen of
Roine to force all the cotton into the ware
houses before IL can be sold, or, in other
words, to allow no cotton TO be sold on the
streets of Romes To get at the bottom of
the affair, and to correct rumor that
would prove damaging to the business in
tereSts OF the city, reporter has inter
viewed number of the Councilman and
leading cotton men on the subject. The
HuthfulneSs of the statement was denied,
and some severe language was used in
regard TO the author of the report, whoever
he may be.
The rains OF week past have been des- |
tructive of chimneys in Cuthbert Mr.. J. j.
Mathews had a chimney to fall, as did also |
N. X. Brown But Capt Dews was the |
greatest sufferer in this particular On |
Sunday night a large stack chimney, which |
gave exit to smoke from four fire-places, |
two up stairs and two down stairs. came
crashing into the rooms, demolishing |
furniture, running carpets, and playing |
havoc with things generally. One of the |
rooms was used as a parlor, and the beauti- |
full parlor furniture was badly damaged. In |
the three bedrooms the destruction was |
equally great
AT Augusta at o O'Clock Thursday night IL |
was reported at police headquarters that an |
unknown negro man was dying out on |
South Commons. Sergt. CARTRIDGE and |
Officer Cobb went in search of the man. and |
to render any assistance in their power. |
Plotted by two small boys the party soon
came upon a black heap lying among the |
wet, rank grass and weeds, where only |
twenty-four hours before the overfowed |
waters OF the Savannah had been. With a
match it was found that the mani
was dead, but still warm. He lay
stretched out on his back, his |
CLASSY eyes set in death, rejecting back the |
dim moonlight, while olf TO the west an APP
preaching storm was heralded by vivid |
flashes of lightning, together with the hour,
making most unpleasant picture of desc
lation in keeping with the scene A small